56 minutes ago Family's fury after neighbour builds illegal 'concrete prison' extension that makes their garden look 'overwhelmingly unpleasant'

A family were left furious after after their neighbours built an illegal 'concrete prison', claiming the 'overbearing' build negatively impacted the quality of their lives.

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73 minutes ago ‘I couldn’t admit I was afraid’: biologist Tina Morris on her fight to save the bald eagle

America’s majestic national bird was close to extinction when Tina Morris, a young researcher, was asked to help bring three chicks to adulthood. First, she had to conquer a fear of heightsIt was a daunting task, with little likelihood of success. An adventurous but anxious graduate researcher without any experience of looking after birds was dispatched to the wilds of upstate New York to become a human eagle mother: feeding, teaching – and keeping alive – three helpless eagle chicks.Tina Morris was to camp alone beside their artificial nest, find them food, track them when they began to fly, keep them away from danger and rescue them if they got into trouble. If they survived to adulthood, northwest America would begin to be repopulated with its national bird, the bald eagle, a majesti...

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1 hour ago Avengers star Josh Brolin says he ‘almost got into a fight’ with Denzel Washington on 2007 movie

‘Don’t ever f***ing put your hand on me,’ ‘Gladiator 2’ actor allegedly told Hollywood co-star

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1 hour ago King Charles 'charming and funny' as he attends Royal Variety Performance alone

Charles attended the show at the Royal Albert Hall in London for the first time as patron of the Royal Variety charity, following in the footsteps of his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II

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2 hours ago Jeff Jarvis: ‘Elon Musk’s investment in Twitter seemed insane, but it gave him this power’

The US media pundit on the dangers of overregulation online, why he’s more frightened of the tech bros than AI itself, and how to reclaim the web by getting rid of the geeksJeff Jarvis was born in 1954 and studied journalism at Illinois’s Northwestern University. He worked as a TV critic and created the magazine Entertainment Weekly, later leading the online arm of US media company Advance Publications. Since 2001, he has been blogging at Buzzmachine.com and in 2005 he became an associate professor at City University of New York’s graduate school of journalism, directing its new media programme before retiring last year. Jarvis, who lives in New York, is the co-host of the podcasts This Week in Google and AI Inside.What made you want to write your new book, The Web We Weave?My glib answ...

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2 hours ago 'My neighbours are constantly parking in my spot – I'm planning pettiest revenge'

A resident shared their fury after their neighbours kept parking in their "shared" car park. They say even though it's shared, it's specifically for people living in the building - not randoms

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2 hours ago Leicester vs Chelsea LIVE! Premier League match stream, latest score and goal updates today

Enzo Maresca returns to the King Power Stadium

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2 hours ago Chelsea: Malo Gusto and Pedro Neto absences explained before Leicester clash

Enzo Maresca returns to the King Power Stadium looking to move within a point of second-place Manchester City

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2 hours ago Murder arrest after man dies and another critically injured in Birmingham shooting

One man, in his 20s, was found in a car but was pronounced dead at the scene, West Midlands Police said.

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3 hours ago Leisure chief says "prompt" delivery of Perth's new PH2O centre and its sports hall is "critical"

Following the closure of Bell's Sports Centre, Live Active Leisure chief executive Paul Cromwell told councillors "there is very limited scope for growth within the existing estate"

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